"I'm definitely more motivated now that everything counts," says Rachelle Kier '01.
He Knows When You've Been Sleeping
Rather than come to class unprepared, students have to fill out three-question form on the courses web site answering questions from their reading.
The third question, however, is always the same, and asks the student what he or she is having most difficulty with; based on the responses, Mazur then tailors his lecture for the very next day on what students want to hear.
"It's how I try to make the lectures useful," Mazur explains.
In addition, he is able to personally respond to questions--according to head TF Schaffer, the night before yesterday's lecture, Mazur sent out over 100 e-mail messages answering concerns and problems some students were having.
Unique and useful as it may seem, it does require much more effort on the part of students.
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